TRENDING TAGS :
Will hit 52 Iran sites "very fast and very hard" if they retaliate
Ahead of the air strike led by US on Iran, President Donald Trump has now warned that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran which they will hit "very fast and very hard" if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets, according to sources, Saturday.
Washington: Ahead of the air strike led by US on Iran, President Donald Trump has now warned that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran which they will hit "very fast and very hard" if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets, according to sources, Saturday.
ALSO READ: CAA arrests: Activist Sadaf Jafar, ex-IPS officer Darapuri, 13 others get bail
In a tweet defending Friday's drone strike assassination of a top Iranian general in Iraq, Trump said 52 represents the number of Americans held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran for more than a year starting in late 1979.
Trump said some of these sites are "at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!"
ALSO READ: Irfan Pathan Announces Retirement From All Forms of Cricket
Trump took to Twitter after pro-Iran factions ramped up pressure on US installations across Iraq with missiles and warnings to Iraqi troops -- part of an outburst of fury over the killing of Soleimani, described as the second most-powerful man in Iran.
The attack has prompted fears of a major conflagration in the Middle East.
In the first hints of a possible retaliatory response, two mortar rounds hit an area near the US embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, security sources told sources.
Almost simultaneously, two rockets slammed into the Al-Balad airbase where American troops are deployed, security sources said.
The Iraqi military confirmed the missile attacks in Baghdad and on al-Balad and said there were no casualties.
The US military also said no coalition troops were hurt.
With Americans wondering fearfully if, how and where Iran will hit back for the assassination, the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin that said "at this time there is no specific, credible threat against the homeland."
There were huge groups of the Shia majority in both Iran and Iraq that stormed the streets after the death of Qasim Al Soleimani.
ALSO READ: Bumrah boost spices up Indo-Lanka contest in T20 World Cup year
